Movie News, Reviews
For its fifteenth year, Cinema One Originals loudly and proudly declares what it’s stood for all these years, originality in all its permutations, and challenging old and new audiences if … Continue Reading Cinema One Originals at Its Biggest on Its Fifteenth Year
The coming-of-age drama film “John Denver Trending” by TV writer-turned-director Arden Rod Condez competed at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)’s New Currents section, the festival’s main competition section. “John … Continue Reading Cinemalaya 2019 Best Film Competes at the Busan International Film Festival
A girl, a gun, and desperate times. After being pushed to the edge most of her life, a girl discovers how much power owning a gun can give her and … Continue Reading Janine Gutierrez Stars in Rae Red’s Official Entry to QCinema Int’l Film Festival ‘Babae at Baril’
Being part of the Metro Manila Film Festival is one thing, but to get high praises from a National Artist who is also the head of the selection committee is … Continue Reading National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera Praises MMFF 2019 Official Entry ‘Culion’
CLEANERS (QCinema 2019) Review Directed by Glenn Barit With no star power on its cast, Glenn Barit’s Cleaners is making noise for its visuals prior to its release but you’d be surprised … Continue Reading #QCinema2019 ‘Cleaners’ Review: Nostalgia in Remarkable Coming-of-Age Stories
A film made of photocopied stills and hand colored with highlighter pens wins big at QCinema International Film Festival. Cleaners of debuting filmmaker Glenn Barit won best film, besting seven … Continue Reading Glenn Barit’s Debut Film ‘Cleaners’ Wins Top Award at QCinema 2019
Here are the winners at the Quezon City International Film Festival (QCinema) 2019: QCShorts Competition Audience Choice Award: Excuse Me Miss, Miss, Miss by Sonny Calvento Jury Prize: Tokwifi by … Continue Reading WINNERS: The 7th QCinema International Film Festival
John Lloyd Cruz may be the jaw-dropping surprise of Culion‘s teaser trailer but the scope of the story, the mounting of the film and the overall message of this historical drama is … Continue Reading ‘Culion’ Teaser Brings Back the Glory Days of Filipino Epic Movies
Producer Mark Shandii Bacolod, though Team MSB’s Facebook page, announced a new collaboration with writer and director Joseph Abello in ‘I, Father Fernando Suarez’ – a biopic about the famous … Continue Reading Biopic ‘I, Father Fernando Suarez’ Announced
Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez-Alcasid finally marks her big screen comeback as she stars in “Yours Truly, Shirley,” an official entry to the highly anticipated 2019 Cinema One Originals film festival. … Continue Reading Regine Velasquez-Alcasid Returns to the Big Screen via C1 Originals Movie ‘Yours Truly, Shirley’
After two years of leaving showbiz, multi-awarded actor John Lloyd Cruz makes a comeback via the teaser trailer of the Ricky Lee-written historical drama movie Culion. The film, written by Ricky Lee, produced … Continue Reading John Lloyd Cruz Makes a Comeback in Teaser Trailer for ‘Culion’
VIVA Films will distribute nationwide one of Cinemalaya 2019’s critically-acclaimed films ‘Edward.’ Witness the coming-of-age story of a boy who has lived in a hospital his whole life to take … Continue Reading Critically-Acclaimed Cinemalaya 2019 Movie ‘Edward’ Opens Nationwide October 2
International and local films that are must-sees, that thrill, raise awareness, or spur the imagination are to be screened in the 2019 version of the QCinema International Film Festival (QCinema) Considered … Continue Reading Exciting Films Revealed for QCinema’s Seventh Installment
CIRCA (2019) Review Directed by Adolf Alix, Jr. Seeing most of the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino entries this year, it’s hard to review a film that doesn’t feel like there’s … Continue Reading ‘Circa’ Review: The Legacy of a Cinema Icon
Anita Linda, Jaclyn Jose, Ricky Davao, Gina Alajar, Laurice Guillien with the special participation of the late Eddie Garcia, writer and director Adolf Alix, Jr. gathered a plethora of … Continue Reading Getting A-List Actors in the Family Drama ‘Circa’
One of my favorite musical movies is John Carney’s ‘Sing Street.’ It doesn’t have the Hollywood names to back it up but the film moved me because of its message … Continue Reading ‘LSS’ The Movie: For the Dreamers & for the Lovers
